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Kanji Detail for 壎 - "ocarina"

壎

  • Meaning

    壎 means "ocarina."

    1. Ocarina - An egg-shaped clay wind instrument with a mouthpiece on top.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    instrument

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    instrument

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ancient porcelain wind-instrument

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A musical instrument. Made by firing clay. Pointed top, flat bottom, shaped like a scale weight. One hole on top, two in front, five in back. Blown to produce sound. (Book of Odes) "The elder brother plays the xun, the younger brother plays the chi." Hence brothers in harmony are called 壎篪.
  • Onyomitip

    ken(けん) けん

    kun(くん) くん

    kuwan kuwan

  • Kunyomitip

    hachi(はち) はち

    wan wan

  • Strokestip

    17 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords
    ocarina egg shaped clay wind instrument mouthpiece top
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